The designation "Antichrist," appearing only in the epistles of John (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7), is made up of the Greek words anti ("against, in place of") and christos ("Christ"), and indicates any agent of the evil one (Satan) who acts contrary to or as a counterfeit of God's Anointed who is destined to rule the world in the end time (Psalm 2:2, 6-8; 110:1-2; Isaiah 9:6-7, et. al.). Th...

Prosthesis of Topicality (On the Book Konrad Wojtyła’s Anti-Antichrist? A Religious Wojaczek) This paper is a review book Anty-antychryst? Wojaczek religijny (Anti-Antichrist? Wojaczek), published by Wojtyła in 2021. The author conducts criticism interpretation RafałWojaczek’s oeuvre. most important factors, crucial to final outlook this publication, are analysed: research techniques, methodolo...

Many stories and legends have been told concerning the Antichrist who, according to New Testament prophecy, is due to appear and rule the world briefly at the end of history (2Thess 2,1-12; Mk 13,14; Mt 24,15; Rev 11,7; 13,1-8; 17,8-14). 1 In these prophecies, we are warned that the letters of his name will add up to 666, according to an ancient convention called Gematria, in which letters of t...

The article is devoted to the analysis of two Old Believers eschatological writings created in Urals 1820–1840s, which are now kept largest collections Ural Cyrillic old printed books and manuscripts: Laboratory Archaeographical Studies (LAS) Federal University library Ekaterinburg Orthodox seminary. One these essays “Tolkivanie o Antichriste” (“The exegesis on Antichrist”), substantiates idea ...

Newman’s way to conversion was made possible by his overcoming of youthful convictions adopted from Protestant theologians (Luther, Cranmer, Bale, Fox, Sandys, Warburton, Isaac, and Thomas Newton), that the office pope related case Antichrist. Their accusation is summed up in statement pope, enacting enforcing ecclesiastical laws, has obscured true primary meaning God’s commandments thus establ...